Practicing Pitching

Pitching Overview

Pitching Tempo

Throwing a Bullpen

When working at home, you can work on the same things you would work on in a pre-game bullpen.

When pitching at home, the primary goal needs to be working on fastball command and velocity. Mastering a four-seam fastball is not only essential to a pitcher but it is also the same grip fielders use. To become a "plus" arm at any position, work on the four-seam.

Only after some mastery of that four-seam has been demonstrated should you begin to work on other pitches. The throwing program below assumes above average mastery of the four-seam fastball for travel players as well as high schoolers.

Warmup arm before pitching. Can be used after a long toss program as well.

Throwing a Change Up

24 Pitch Bullpen

4 FB, 4 Two-Seam, 4 Changeups, 4 FB, 4 off-speed (or changeup), 4 FB

For RHP

4 seam - up and in and down and away.

2 seam - inside to righties - always throw low

Tips

Change in the dirt

4 seam up

2 seam changeup that fades away from lefties

Circle change - inside to righties - drifts further in

Master the inside pitch - balls look faster on the inside than the outside

When working at home, be aware of the details of each part of the pitching process. Using drills that break down the process can help emphasize the different checkpoints in pitching mechanics.

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Working with young players is a constant challenge. Baseball Zone helps you plan practices quickly, giving you a solid practice plan in no time. These are some of the same drills we used at the major league level.